And Irvine feels such a deal has made it harder for clubs to sign players, having already had to pull out of a move for Aaron Cresswell due to Ipswich's valuation of the left-back, who then went on to join West Ham for seven million pounds.

The Baggies have also witnessed Aston Villa go back on a deal that would have seen right-back Alan Hutton move to The Hawthorns, and so have now turned their attention to Liverpool's Andre Wisdom and Jason Davidson of Heracles.